Pass the turkey and pass on political talk

Plan so issues don't ruin family holiday gatherings

8:11 AM,
Nov. 19, 2012

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Gannett Wisconsin Media

Family gatherings wouldn't be the same without a political disagreement, and with Thanksgiving just weeks after a presidential election, politics are almost certain to come up over the holidays.

Joe Mueller and his family experience a significant divide when it comes to politics - but it's also generational.

Mueller, a Milwaukee native and University Wisconsin-Green Bay student, says he and his cousins - even though they're mostly a decade older than he is - agree when it comes to politics. But his parents and aunts and uncles fall on the other side of the fence, and whenever politics comes ...